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Focus on What Matters
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alan shlemon
On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM
When talking to
your
Muslim friends, the Gospel is offensive enough; don’t add any
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Practical Theology
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On Jun 27, 2019 8:33 PM
and personal, for a 16-year old, as Brett challenges you to get theological with
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#STRask: June 22, 2017
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alan shlemon
On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
Alan is on a timer, and answers questions about LGBT pride month and a pro-abortion argument.
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You Can Start a Bible Education Program at
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greg koukl
On Dec 7, 2022 3:22 AM
Greg talks to Tara Schwartz, a field rep for LifeWise Academy, an organization that helps people start Bible education programs at their local public schools, then he answers a question about the...
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Answering Matthew Vines’s 40 Questions
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greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM
Greg Koukl, along with Alan Shlemon, respond to Matthew Vines’s 40 Questions regarding homosexuality and the Church.
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Do We Need Rescue From God?
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greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
Should the Christian message include that we need Jesus in order to be rescued from God?
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Who Is Jesus?
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amy k. hall
On Feb 28, 2020 1:28 AM
There are people around you who have no idea what Christianity says about Jesus. Here are four brief talks from the STR speakers on Christology and the Gospel to help you explain.
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You Don’t Care about Children after They’re Born
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amy k. hall
On Apr 9, 2020 2:28 AM
Dive into it and see if you can work through it with
your
friend. Here’s how.
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Praying the Bible
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melinda penner
On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM
Crossway published a terrific little book on prayer that can have a big impact on
your
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Three Bad Arguments against Life Beginning at Conception
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM
A recent article argues “3 Ways Science Proves Life Doesn’t Begin at Conception,” but what happens when you apply those same arguments to newborns?
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Worldview Training in Action
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· By
tim barnett
On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM
Doubts will come. In fact, the worst challenger you will ever face is yourself. The question is, are you ready with answers?
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A Conflict between Two Systems of Morality
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· By
amy k. hall
On Mar 7, 2022 10:11 PM
Why have the culture wars become so intense? One reason for this is the fact that, in the West, there is a deep, worldview division between two systems of morality.
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Good Reasons to Say Grace in a Restaurant—Mentoring Letter August 2013
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greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
Greg explains how saying grace in a restaurant can be a good witness.
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#STRask: How Would You “Take the Roof Off” a Denial of Objective Beauty?
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greg koukl
On May 12, 2022 12:26 AM
Questions about whether it’s possible to go
your
whole life without sinning, why
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Overcoming the Bully
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brett kunkle
On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Our knowledge that we are made in the image of God should determine the way we treat others...even bullies.
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#STRask: How Should I Respond to Someone Who Says He’s Offended?
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greg koukl
On Dec 11, 2021 7:53 PM
Divine Mother and tactical ways to respond to someone who says he’s offended by
your
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The Moment of Truth
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM
Here’s the question, in Chopra’s words: “Then you’re saying that people who don’t believe just like you are going to Hell.”
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Sean McDowell
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greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
know immaterial things exist, a pro-life president matters, and if you can lose
your
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Relationship vs. Religion?
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
Greg comments on the often-used phrase “Christianity is not a religion; it’s a relationship.”
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The Slippery Slope of the Right-to-Die Movement
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· By
alan shlemon
On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
There’s one fact about you I’m sure of: even though you’ll live forever, someday
your
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Once Gay, Always Gay?
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· By
alan shlemon
On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for August 2013 The “experts” have spoken. Change in sexual orientation is not possible.
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A Reformation the Church Doesn’t Need – Part 1
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· By
alan shlemon
On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
single-minded—and you need to be ready for them, because and they are coming to
your
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Why You Shouldn’t Ask God if the Book of Mormon Is True
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· By
aaron brake
On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
There’s one question you’re likely to hear from every Mormon missionary: Will you pray and ask God if the Book of Mormon is true? Here’s why that’s not a good idea.
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Aren’t We All Children of God?
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· By
greg koukl
On Nov 16, 2023 8:57 PM
Greg explains the difference between being offspring of God in the sense of being made in his image and being children of God as heirs in Christ.
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California Judges Can No Longer Be Affiliated with Boy Scouts
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
Greg talks about California judges no longer being able to be affiliated with Boy Scouts, implications for the Christian worldview if sentient life was on other planets, if there would be a problem...
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Promises, Promises Bible Promises Worksheet
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guest author
On Jun 27, 2019 5:44 PM
A comprehensive look at what a Bible promise is, how we should understand its contextual meaning, a detailed look at the parts of a promise, and a step by step analysis of particular biblical...
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Atheism and Universal Human Rights
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
The purpose of this post is merely to provide clarity rather than to argue for the theist position (see all of STR for those arguments).
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No Stable Rights without Intrinsic Human Value
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
Most pro-choicers know the fetal human being is scientifically alive. What they’re really objecting to is the idea of intrinsic human value—i.e., the idea that every member of...
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Apologetics Removes Obstacles to the Gospel
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· By
tim barnett
On Jan 24, 2020 12:40 AM
In this fourth part of Tim’s “Why Apologetics?” series, he explains how apologetics does the work of pre-evangelism by responding to people’s ideas at the worldview level, removing obstacles to the...
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Compassion Means to Suffer With
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· By
alan shlemon
On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM
If only our society would once again define compassion not as offering to help people kill themselves, but as offering to walk with them through a difficult time.
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New Study on Children of Same-Sex Parents
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· By
amy k. hall
On May 27, 2022 10:00 PM
For decades, our culture has been denying the differences between men and women in order to promote sameness—in genders, roles, couples, etc. But reality has a way of asserting itself.
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What Is Marriage from a Policy Perspective?
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
What is marriage, why does it matter, and what are the consequences of redefining it? Ryan Anderson explains.
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When We Pray for Strength
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
How does God most want to strengthen us when we’re at our weakest? Here’s the biblical pattern.
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The Moral Logic of Being Pro-Life
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
If
your
daughter came up to you and said, I’m tired of taking care of Grandma, I’
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#STRask: Why Do Some New Testament Passages about Salvation Ignore
Faith
and Focus
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· By
greg koukl
On Feb 20, 2023 3:07 AM
Questions about why some passages about salvation in the New Testament (e.g., Matthew 25:31–46) seem to focus on works rather than trust in Jesus and whether the symmetry between Adam and Jesus...
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Finding Truth: Free-Loading Atheists
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
The fact that everyone has to function as though Christianity is true opens a creative opportunity for addressing the secular world.
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Responding to Pride Month with Genuine Love
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· By
tim barnett
On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
We’re called to love our LGBT neighbors—not a mere toleration of the person, but genuine, heartfelt love. But what does genuine love look like?
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Bosnia, Rape and the Problem of Evil
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2020 11:35 PM
Greg responds to a letter to the editor in which the writer’s pain causes him to ask the age-old question of why God allows evil to exist.
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The Gospel According to Columbo
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· By
alan shlemon
On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
What if Lieutenant Columbo was a Christian? Instead of solving a crime, his task would be to present the Gospel. What would he say? How would he say it?
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Pro-Gay Theology Advocates Are Repeating the Mistakes of the Past
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· By
alan shlemon
On Nov 8, 2023 10:25 PM
Pro-gay theology advocates claim Christians are making the same kind of grievous interpretive error past Christians made with antisemitism and slavery, but when you look closer at the details, it...
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A Shrewd Insight from Francis Schaeffer
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM
Understanding the mannishness of man provides a powerful technique to get someone thinking.
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Why the Problem of Evil Is Still a Problem
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· By
alan shlemon
On Aug 29, 2020 12:26 AM
Skeptics find the problem of evil so repugnant and our solutions so hollow because they refuse to accept a fundamental reality that every Christian believes in: life after death.
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How to TRAIN Youth: Test Students to Engage Interest
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· By
tim barnett
On Mar 31, 2023 8:55 PM
Tim Barnett explains how we can motivate students by identifying what they don’t understand.
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Ambassadors for Christ
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· By
brett kunkle
On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Brett’s monthly letter for October 2010 “An atheist from Berkeley is here.” The youth pastor’s statement caught me off guard.
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Arguing Is a Virtue
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Is it OK for a Christian to argue with other believers?
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#STRask: Will God Not Answer My Prayers if I’m Doubting He will?
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· By
greg koukl
On Dec 16, 2022 4:40 PM
in the New Testament canon if the author is unknown and whether God won’t answer
your
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Greg Koukl and Michael Shermer at the End of the Decade of the New Atheists
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
A transcript of a dialogue between Greg Koukl and Michael Shermer on the Hugh Hewitt Show
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Monkey Morality: Can Evolution Explain Ethics?
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
Recent studies suggest that animals are capable of rudimentary forms of moral behavior. God isn’t the source of morality, evolutionists say; Mother Nature is. The evolutionary answer, though, does...
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Some Atheists Seek to Create Doubt, Not Reveal Truth
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· By
amy k. hall
On Oct 17, 2020 5:38 PM
In Peter Boghossian’s tactical approach in A Manual for Creating Atheists, anything that moves believers towards doubt is considered a success. Even invalid arguments with false premises.
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Why Jesus? Part 2
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
Jesus, though a true human, was no mere mortal. Rather, He was and is God’s Son, the world’s unique, one-and-only Savior; and if Jesus were not God the Son, He could not be the Savior, either.
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Jesus, Recycled Redeemer?
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
Is Jesus of the Gospels simply recycled ancient myths?
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You Can Change Our Culture’s Mind on Abortion
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Making the pro-life case is completely within
your
ability.
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Are Atheists the Only Rational Ones?
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
Questions about whether atheists are the only rational ones, getting pictures from God, dealing with challenges as a pastor, and improving Bible reading.
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Christianity Is True to What Is There
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
Is there an objective spiritual reality, or are religious ideas merely subjective preferences? Here’s why the answer to this question matters.
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Why We Don’t Measure Success by Results
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM
Jesus did and said everything perfectly, yet Judas walked away from Him. Here’s why this should be encouraging to us.
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Do the Right Thing before God
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· By
greg koukl
On May 10, 2023 2:06 AM
Greg talks about putting
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A Stone in the Shoe
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
My goal is a different more modest one that you may want to adopt as
your
own.
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42 Years Later, Here’s Where Americans Stand on Abortion
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
Today is the 42nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade and a good time to report on a recent poll that tried to get beyond the “pro-life” and “pro-choice” labels people claim for themselves to...
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Did the Punishment of Ananias and Sapphira Fit the Crime?
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 25, 2019 10:27 PM
Greg explains why the deaths of Ananias and Sapphira were just.
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Following the Evidence
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
Can the argument really be made that the Christian view is less biased than
your
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Three Key Issues for Ambassadors
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 8:43 PM
Greg talks about expanding
your
horizons in 2007, three key issues for ambassadors
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The Judgment that Led to Salvation
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
shall come about that those whom you let remain of them will become as pricks in
your
...eyes and as thorns in
your
sides, and they will trouble you...
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How to Know Immaterial Things Exist
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Can you prove religious, ethical, or moral kinds of things? Learn how to avoid a materialistic view of the universe.
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What If I Deny Christ Out of Fear?
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
Here’s a question you may be thinking about after the Oregon murders: Would I lose my salvation if I denied Christ out of fear?
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Putting a Stone in a Shoe
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
While waiting in line at the theater, I spoke to a young man named Ira who was a musician from Canada.
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Jesus, Propositions, and the True Message of the Gospel
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 8:43 PM
true message of the Gospel, then takes calls on what it means to love God with
your
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Christianity: Fantasy or Reality?
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
Most people nowadays would not say that the religious stories believers believe are actually false. At the same time, though, they do not think they’re really true, either, in any deep sense of the...
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Confusion about Grace
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· By
amy k. hall
On Apr 9, 2020 12:53 AM
A comment by a Mormon illustrates the difference between the Mormon and Christian understandings of grace.
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Why Is It Okay to Wear Mixed Fibers?
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
In The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible, did the author, A. J. Jacobs, succeed in following the whole Bible literally? Was he following...
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What We Can Learn about the Problem of Evil from Paul
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· By
jonathan noyes
On Feb 3, 2022 4:09 PM
Jon Noyes explains how God can use our experiences of suffering for a greater good.
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Even after His Death, Jesus Fulfilled the Law
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· By
robby lashua
On Aug 29, 2022 7:22 PM
Jesus fulfilled all requirements of the Law—not only during his life, but also after his death, as this little-known historical fact shows.
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If You Don’t Know Whether the Unborn Is a Human Being, Then Don’t Kill It
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· By
alan shlemon
On Jun 13, 2023 12:15 AM
If you’re unsure whether
your
action might kill an innocent human being, then the
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Bioethics
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How Christians Can Deal with Tragedy
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
It’s a good thing before trials come to put our thoughts in proper order about how to deal with difficulties and tragedies that God allows in our lives, and not to let them shake us from what the...
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Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM
Here’s a five-minute video to help you introduce these ideas to
your
friends and
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The Trinity Explains This!
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· By
tim barnett
On Feb 11, 2021 7:41 PM
Mr. B responds to an anti-Trinitarian meme, answering the charge that if Jesus is God, and Jesus prays to God, then Jesus is praying to himself.
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